i3 4170 vs i5 4460 for gaming(for atleast 3-4 years)

[gyuluka]

I checked a lot of benchmarks ,and found out that the i5 doesn't really help me in gaming right now,but the new games start to need more cores ,so I need the i5 or the i3 will be still enough?...the i5 costs 80$ more right now,that's important as well,because i'm thinking about changing my gpu too( i have a gtx 650 ti )..sry for my bad english xd

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I think you will find that the i5 WILL help your gaming now, even if you run absolutely nothing else on the computer at the same time. The base core of the i3 is faster, but the i5 has Turbo Boost.

What games are you looking at? Older games which use only one or two cores will not gain much/any advantage, but modern games run better with more.

 

[RabidApocalypse]

Even being slightly older CPU's, they are both great. i3 is pretty decent for lower end PC's, but if you can spend the extra money, get an i5. To last 3-4 years, I think the i5 will do a better job lasting. For the graphics card, (assuming you are on a budget), you can get a GTX 950 or a GTX 960 or maybe something less if that is too much.

 

[jaguarskx]

If you can afford the Core i5 then buy it even if you need to postpone your build to save up money.

A Core i3 is still capable of playing games today. But no one can deny that an Intel CPU 4 physical cores is better than an Intel CPU with 2 physical cores and hyper threading.

 

[gyuluka]

Well thx guys..I will go with the i5 then..(i will wait with it until black friday probably),but if I would go with the i3 ,it would bottleneck a gtx 960 or another gpu from that price range?

 

[DonkeyOatie]

The i3 is capable of driving those GPUs fully, except in circumstances where the two cores is not enough.